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Set/restore TAG() or ORDER()?
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13/02/2018 03:22:19
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01658087
Message ID:
01658092
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39
>>I have to change my code, before SCAN, so that the SCAN would go through all records. Therefore, I will need to SET ORDER TO before the SCAN.
>>What is a better practice, saving TAG() to the memory variable and then restoring it (by SET ORDER TO TAG(cSavedTag)).
>>Or, saving the ORDER() to the memory variable and then restoring it (by SET ORDER TO (cSavedOrder)
>>?
>
>You can also USE yourTable AGAIN IN 0 ALIAS Unordered, SCAN it, and USE it at the end. The initial (and ordered) workarea will be left untouched.

This cursor where I need to SET ORDER TO is a CursorAdapter cursor. And I don't know how it would be affected by USE AGAIN and USE. So I will stay with saving the order and then restoring it.
Thank you.
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